| Posted By |
Message |
Sunny10
LIF Adult
Member since 10/10 1287 total posts
Name:
|
Best way to mail a tshirt gift to someone
I bought my nephew a shirt I wanted to send him. It was just a little something I thought he would like It is wrapped but not wrapped in a box, just the shirt is wrapped. I was shocked when I went to post office to find out the priority mail medium boxes are flat rate $13.95. I am not sure if it is worth it for me to run around buying bubble wrap envelope and then mailing first class. Is priority mail the easiest way?
Message edited 4/6/2016 4:13:50 PM.
|
Posted 4/6/16 4:13 PM  |
| |
|
Long Island Weddings
Long Island's Largest Bridal Resource |
|
|
Best way to mail a tshirt gift to someone
My husband says ask for Tyvek envelope. They have them at the Post Office.
|
| Posted 4/6/16 5:01 PM |
| |
|
Sunny10
LIF Adult
Member since 10/10 1287 total posts
Name:
|
Re: Best way to mail a tshirt gift to someone
Posted by 2BirdsofaFeather
My husband says ask for Tyvek envelope. They have them at the Post Office.
Thank you, but they said only small boxes are $6.95 that fit something like a small dvd. Everything else is the $13.95. Do you mean the tyvek priority envelope? I have one right here and it fits perfect but not sure if they are going to charge me the $13.95 for this envelope.
|
| Posted 4/6/16 5:10 PM |
| |
|
BargainMama
LIF Adult
Member since 5/09 15660 total posts
Name:
|
Best way to mail a tshirt gift to someone
Tyvek is based on weight/zone, so it won't be $13.95 for a tshirt. I would throw it in a bubble mailer from Walmart, etc., and ship it first class for around $4 (depending on weight)
|
| Posted 4/6/16 5:45 PM |
| |
|
jlm2008
LIF Adult
Member since 1/10 5092 total posts
Name:
|
Best way to mail a tshirt gift to someone
I have mailed plenty of clothing items and I use a bubble envelope, the plastic kind.I get them at Dollar Tree, but you can find them other places.
Depending on where you are mailing to, it won't be that much.
|
| Posted 4/6/16 6:46 PM |
| |
|
Peainapod
Peanuts are here!
Member since 1/09 13591 total posts
Name:
Diana
|
Re: Best way to mail a tshirt gift to someone
regular priority flat rate envelopes are $6.50 and you can probably get a shirt in there. or use a bubble padded envelope and mail first class which will be less than that.
the flate rate boxes, for me anyway, are never the right size and expensive.
Message edited 4/6/2016 8:19:01 PM.
|
| Posted 4/6/16 8:17 PM |
| |
|
LiveItUp
Love my babies!
Member since 8/11 4096 total posts
Name:
|
Best way to mail a tshirt gift to someone
Don't use a flat rate box for something light like a t-shirt. You can use any type box or large envelope that you already have. A t-shirt in a small box might be under 13 oz, and you could do first class. Or you can get a free priority mail large envelope at the post office, which would definitely fit a t-shirt, and since it wouldn't weigh much, it would be much less expensive than using a flat rate box.
|
| Posted 4/7/16 3:27 AM |
| |
|
|
|
Best way to mail a tshirt gift to someone
They should have them. If not ask for the supervisor.
|
| Posted 4/7/16 7:23 PM |
| |
|
MsSissy
xoxoxo
Member since 3/07 39159 total posts
Name:
|
Re: Best way to mail a tshirt gift to someone
You can buy a padded envelope there.
|
| Posted 4/7/16 7:26 PM |
| |
|
jams92
Member since 1/12 6105 total posts
Name:
|
Re: Best way to mail a tshirt gift to someone
use a flat rate envelope - not box
it would cost $6.45 i believe
|
| Posted 4/8/16 10:48 AM |
| |
|
Sunny10
LIF Adult
Member since 10/10 1287 total posts
Name:
|
Re: Best way to mail a tshirt gift to someone
Posted by jams92
use a flat rate envelope - not box
it would cost $6.45 i believe
This is what I ended up doing.
I bought an envelope the night before, but went to see how much the tyvek priority mail envelope would cost and it was $6.95. So I sent that out. I haven't mailed anything in a long time so now I know. Wish the guy at the first post office asked me kind of what I was mailing to help me decide. He made it seem like everything was $13.95 and above. The flat rate of $6.95 was fine with me.
|
| Posted 4/8/16 2:15 PM |
| |
|
